APAH unit 7 part 1

Conical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe Shona peoples (Southeastern Zimbabwe). c. 1000–1400 C.E. Coursed granite blocks.

Conical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe Shona peoples (Southeastern Zimbabwe). c. 1000–1400 C.E. Coursed granite blocks.

Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul Kuba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo). c. 1760–1780 ce. Wood.

Wall plaque, from Oba’s palace Edo peoples, Kingdom of Benin (Nigeria). 16th century ce. Cast brass

Portrait mask (Mblo) Baule peoples (Côte d’Ivoire). Early 20th century ce. Wood and pigment

Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife (Opo Ogoga) Olowe of Ise (Yoruba peoples). c. 1910–1914 ce. Wood and pigment.

Sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool) Ashanti peoples (south central Ghana). c. 1700 ce. Gold over wood and cast-gold attachments.

Reliquary figure (byeri) Fang peoples (southern Cameroon). c. 19th to 20th century ce. Wood

Female (Pwo) mask Chokwe peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo). Late 19th to early 20th century ce. Wood, fiber, pigment, and metal.

Bundu mask Sande Society, Mende peoples (West African forests of Sierra Leone and Liberia). 19th to 20th century ce. Wood, cloth, and fiber

Aka elephant mask Bamileke (Cameroon, western grassfields region). c. 19th to 20th century ce. Wood, woven raffia, cloth, and beads.

Ikenga (shrine figure) Igbo peoples (Nigeria). c. 19th to 20th century ce. Wood.

Lukasa (memory board) Mbudye Society, Luba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo). c. 19th to 20th century ce. Wood, beads, and metal.

Power figure (Nkisi n’kondi ) Kongo peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo). c. late 19th century ce. Wood and metal.